In other words, normal people probably don't need to worry.

Following the hacker attack that resulted in nude photos of more than 100 celebrities ending up on the Internet, Apple has a released a statement regarding the security of iCloud and Find My iPhone. Both services were implicated in the attack (and a security loophole in Find My iPhone was quickly patched), but Apple says that the celebrities involved were victims of garden-variety password theft rather than a full-scale iCloud security breach. They also say that they are still working with officials to find the person (or persons) responsible for stealing the photos. The company's full statement is below:

We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities. When we learned of the theft, we were outraged and immediately mobilized Apple's engineers to discover the source. Our customers' privacy and security are of utmost importance to us. After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple's systems including iCloud or Find My iPhone. We are continuing to work with law enforcement to help identify the criminals involved.

To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these are addressed on our website at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232.

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TL;DR: Now is a good time to change your password and make it very, very difficult to guess.